Monday, 15 February 2016

Hunting the Holy GRAIL?

Some time ago I built a few SA-7 for my 54mm Cold War WARPACT forces. One was issued to a Militia battalion so I still had one on stock for the Category 3 motor rifle battalion currently on the modelling table. This battalion is mostly made up of WW2 Russian figures - a mix of Airfix and some Chinese made figures I picked up in Belgium last year. It was one of the latter I selected for special duties as the AA missile operator.

This comrade looks remarkably cheerful to say he's just had his PPSH cut away (ooh, nasty!)

Next his hand was drilled to take a length of florists wire...

...while the SA-7 was also drilled. thus justifying this post's rather lame title!

The wire was bent to 'clamp' missile tube to hand, and then a liberal blob of PVA was applied. No doubt we'll soon see this chap again when he's properly dressed.

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I built my first plastic kit in about 1971 (an inevitable Airfix Spitfire IX), and can date my wargaming 'career' back to 1977 (aged 11) when in the company of my friends John and Lee I played a simple game with the Airfix (20mm) tanks we had accumulated. Soon a chance find of a couple of Don Featherstone books in the local library revealed that 'grown-ups' did this sort of thing too! I joined Wargame Developments in 1985 and have attended their annual Conference of Wargamers (COW) since 1990. I have also, together with Bob Cordery, been organising it for the past few years. My main interest has always been WW2, with a side order of various postwar conflicts. I also dabble in earlier periods. I am particularly interested in 'operational' level games.